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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

500 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2001



...HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH 7 AM IN GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG...



A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY 

NORTH ACROSS GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES THIS MORNING. RAIN 

GAUGES ACROSS THESE COUNTIES HAVE ALREADY RECORDED BETWEEN ONE AND 

TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. MOST OF THE HEAVY 

RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH 

7 AM. HOWEVER MOST OF THIS WILL FALL IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN 

PARTS OF THE COUNTIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING 

AREAS IS LIKELY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE CITIES 

OF GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG.



THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH THIS MORNING... 

DECREASING THE CHANCES OF MAJOR FLOODING. HOWEVER SHOULD THESE 

SHOWERS BECOME STATIONARY...OR BEGIN TO TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME 

AREAS...FLOODING WILL BE MORE LIKELY AND A FLOOD WARNING MAY BE 

NEEDED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE SHOWERS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON 

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE CARE 

DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING AND BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STANDING 

WATER. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR 

THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.



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